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Hope Quotes

"You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is."

"You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is."

Tyler Christopher, American Actor

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"The reason I don't Kill Myselfis because I know I can."

"The reason I don't Kill Myselfis because I know I can."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Hope, Despair, Mental Health, Strength

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"Hope is the beautiful dream of the soul."

"Hope is the beautiful dream of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Hope, Dream, Soul, Life

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"The most terrible things end, at last."

"The most terrible things end, at last."

James Theodore Bent, English Explorer

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"I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic."

"I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic."

Studs Terkel, American Journalist

Hope, Despair, World

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"My main hope for myself is to be where I am."

"My main hope for myself is to be where I am."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

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"This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on."

"This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

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"It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star."

"It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star."

Arthur Eddington, British Scientist

Hope, Future, Judgment, Sound

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"I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future."

"I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future."

Julie Gold, American Musician

Hope, Cancer, Future

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"I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory."

"I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory."

Studs Terkel, American Journalist

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"You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation."

"You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation."

Leon Uris, American Writer

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"Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language."

"Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Hope, Language, Word

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"Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it."

"Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Hope, Despair, Creativity, Invention

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"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Hope, Misery, Wind

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"I just would like to keep singing. As soon as I'm not singing well, I hope that I know it, so that I can get off the stage and leave what I have done. I hope I'll know, and if I don't, I hope somebody tells me."

"I just would like to keep singing. As soon as I'm not singing well, I hope that I know it, so that I can get off the stage and leave what I have done. I hope I'll know, and if I don't, I hope somebody tells me."

Rosemary Clooney, American Musician

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"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."

"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."

Thomas Reed, American Politician

Hope, Legislation, World

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"Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check."

"Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

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"It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality."

"It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality."

Griffin Dunne, American Actor

Hope, Famous, Mistakes, Reality

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"I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light."

"I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light."

Martha Beck, American Author

Hope, Infinite, Light, Shadows

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"No I haven't and all I can say is that if it's cost $600,000, I hope we get $600,000 worth of value out of it."

"No I haven't and all I can say is that if it's cost $600,000, I hope we get $600,000 worth of value out of it."

John Anderson, American Politician

Hope, Value, Worth

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"I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it."

"I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it."

Leroy Chiao, American Astronaut

Hope, Exploration, Space, Will

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"I have survived and possibly I should not hope for more than that."

"I have survived and possibly I should not hope for more than that."

Christine Keeler, English Model

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"At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible."

"At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible."

Mark Harmon, American Actor

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"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."

"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."

Holly Near, American Musician

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"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."

"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."

Danny Boyle, English Director

Hope, Expectations

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"I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!"

"I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!"

Edie Brickell, American Musician

Hope, Glory, Today, Tomorrow

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"Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope."

"Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

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"If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so."

"If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so."

Eric Bentley, English Critic

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"I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there."

"I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Hope, Books, Will

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"The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I hope they leave in a peaceful way."

"The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I hope they leave in a peaceful way."

Camille Chamoun, Lebanese Leader

Hope, Pressure, World

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"I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older."

"I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

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"I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers."

"I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Hope, Dogs, Mothers, Tongue

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"A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope."

"A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States."

"It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States."

Thomas F. Meagher, Irish Revolutionary

Hope, America, Duty, Effort

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"I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion."

"I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion."

Peter Maxwell Davies, English Composer

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"In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs."

"In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Hope, Being, Months, Summer

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"Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct."

"Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct."

Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat

Hope, Democracy, Desire, Principles

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"I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively."

"I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively."

Don Nelson, American Coach

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"Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained."

"Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained."

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet

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"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."

"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."

Cathy Freeman, Australian Athlete

Hope, Chance, Visit

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"Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance."

"Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Hope, Balance, Help

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"I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working."

"I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working."

Ashton Kutcher, American Actor

Hope, Hollywood

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"When I get out... if I get out of here, I hope that maybe we can get back together and have more kids."

"When I get out... if I get out of here, I hope that maybe we can get back together and have more kids."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

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"Hope will never be silent."

"Hope will never be silent."

Harvey Milk, American Politician

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"Every divorce represents a broken dream, a shattered hope, a ruined expectation."

"Every divorce represents a broken dream, a shattered hope, a ruined expectation."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Hope, Optimism, Divorce, Represents

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"Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid""boldly angelic."

"Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid""boldly angelic."

Aberjhani, American Historian

Hope, Resilience, Light, Strength

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"When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope."

"When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope."

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

Hope, Deep, Help, Will

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"No pressure, Jack. All we need is a miracle."

"No pressure, Jack. All we need is a miracle."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

Hope, Miracle, Faith, Optimism

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"Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate."

"Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Hope, Time, Heart, Life

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"We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices."

"We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices."

Carl Levin, American Politician

Hope, Choices, Mistakes, Past

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